In the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, where the plaque of "Mirror Hanging" is hung, in the solemn public hall, Xia Shuanghan, who is the loyal and righteous countryman of the Holy Lord, stands upright on one side. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And next to her is Ding, who is the uncle of a man in Chinese clothes.

The crisp sound of "pop" came from the startling sound of Jing Zhaoyin, who was sitting under the plaque. And with this loud and crisp sound, the case of "Rong woman murdering on the street and accidentally injuring people and causing death" has officially begun to be tried.

The puppet dealer who was an eyewitness to the whole incident was the first to state what he had witnessed. Immediately, another vendor, who was also an eyewitness to the incident and was the owner of the bloody table, also testified based on what he had seen.

"In this way, that is to say, the deceased was inadvertently knocked down by his own little guy who was kicked out by the loyal townsman in the process of instructing his own little guy to fight and commit murder, and then hit his forehead in the process of falling, and finally died?"

When he first learned the news that "Xia Shuanghan was involved in a life lawsuit", as an elder who watched Xia Shuanghan grow up, Jing Zhaoyin was very difficult to accept this. It was only now, after listening to the two eyewitnesses tell the truth about the matter, that Lord Yao nodded acceptingly.

In other words, the deceased Ding first tried to oppress others with money and power, so as to forcibly seize the things that others legally bought and sold. After the forcible seizure failed, because he was unwilling, he instructed his little servant to commit murder, and in the end, under very coincidental circumstances, he was indirectly injured by the loyal townsman who never had any killing intent, and finally lost his life. ”

At this point, Jing Zhaoyin, who had pondered for a moment, said fairly: "According to the cause and effect of the matter, the deceased Ding actually has to bear a very big responsibility for his death!" ”

"My lord! Do you mean that my nephew is self-inflicted and innocent, and therefore as the chief culprit who indirectly caused my nephew's death, she does not need to bear any responsibility for it and receive any punishment? ”

Hearing Jing Zhaoyin's words, Ding, who couldn't accept such an argument, said with red eyes with grief and indignation: "Even if my nephew is at fault, he will not die!" Nowadays, a good person is gone if he says no, but the person who caused his death does not have to bear any responsibility, how can there be such a truth in this world? ”

"When did this official say that the loyal townsman does not need to bear any responsibility?"

Picking up the shocking wood at hand, he slapped it majestically on the table, and Jing Zhaoyin, who had already made up his mind in his heart, judged the case completely according to the facts, and absolutely did not bend the law for personal gain: "Negligence causes death, and it is also death, although according to the law of our dynasty, the loyal and righteous townsman does not need to pay the price of his life for his actions today, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and the official will finally judge the case according to the law and impose corresponding sanctions on her." ”

At this point, he turned his gaze to Jing Zhaoyin, who had been silent, and continued: "Do you have any objections to this official's ruling? ”

"Back to my lord, I have." Xia Shuanghan, who had been waiting for a long time and finally had the opportunity to let her speak, said unhurriedly: "My lord, I have a lot of doubts about Ding Gongzi's accidental death, so can you ask the government official to bring Ding Gongzi's body to the court and answer me a few questions about Ding Gongzi's death?" ”

"Yes." Nodding in response to Xia Shuanghan's request, which was not too much, Jing Zhaoyin immediately brought someone to the hall to inspect the corpse's work in the back hall of the yamen, as well as Ding Gongzi's body.

Ding Gongzi, who was lying on his back on a stretcher and covered with a white cloth, had already been cleaned of the blood on his forehead in the process of being examined, revealing the wound that was not hideous.

And Xia Shuanghan, who searched the only wound again, turned to the servant beside him and said, "Excuse me, have you found out the real cause of Ding Gongzi's death?" ”

"Hui Zhongyi Xiangjun, Hui Dajun," Bi respectfully put his hands together to greet Xia Shuanghan and Lord Yao, and truthfully stated the results of his autopsy: "According to the examination, the deceased did not show any signs of poisoning, so the possibility of death from poisoning can be ruled out first." Secondly, according to the quick account of the deceased's home to report the news, they had already made many inquiries and confirmed the fact that the deceased was not ill before his death, so the possibility that the deceased died of illness can be ruled out immediately afterwards. Finally, there was only one wound on the forehead on the whole body of the deceased, therefore, according to common sense, this wound should be a fatal wound, but it was ......"

"Just? Just what? Jing Zhaoyin, who heard that something was strange from his desire to speak and stopped, asked: "What is the doubt, you don't want to return quickly." ”

"Yes...... Be. Facing Shangfeng's questioning, Qi Zuo hurriedly said: "After examination, the wound on the deceased's forehead, its extensive damage and bleeding, is mainly caused by the sharp wooden thorns on the corner of the table. Judging from the depth of the wound and the effects it may cause, the deceased would at most feel dizzy and nauseous because of the wound, and it is absolutely impossible for him to die because of it. ”

"You mean to say that the wound on the forehead of the deceased was not a fatal wound? Are you sure?! Hearing this statement, Jing Zhaoyin couldn't believe his ears, "Then according to your statement, the wound on the forehead is not fatal, and the deceased is not poisoned or sick, so how did he die?" You can't find out the cause of death, so let the official decide the case randomly! ”

"This ...... Please also forgive your subordinates for their incompetence, and their subordinates really can't find the cause of the deceased's death. He knelt down with trembling shoulders and chin and pleaded with him, and had nothing to say but to ask for leniency for his own powerlessness.

"Lord Yao, I believe you have heard what you just said, the wound on Ding Gongzi's forehead is absolutely not fatal. So, do you think I am still responsible for the sudden death of the deceased when the only wound I inflicted indirectly was not fatal? ”

"Why not? You don't want to excuse yourself for the sins you have committed. ”

Jing Zhaoyin in the hall had not yet spoken, and the little guy who had been kneeling under the hall and was kicked in the chest by Xia Shuanghan not long ago rushed to speak up: "Before knocking on the corner of the table, my son-in-law was obviously still healthy and alive. And after my young master knocked on the corner of the table, he became what he is now. How is it possible to say that this wound is not fatal? ”

"Your Excellency!" At this point, he knelt and turned to Lord Yao's little servant in the hall, kowtowed heavily on the ground, only knocked a piece of blue on his forehead, and then straightened up again and said: "My lord, if there is no wound on his forehead, my son-in-law will not die at all, so I hope you don't listen to one-sided words, but see everything clearly, and make decisions for my son-in-law!" ”

The process in the court went on at this point, and Xia Shuanghan, who had been waiting for a long time without hurry, finally said the key points of this case: "Lord Yao, in response to the completely different testimony provided by both the acon and the eyewitnesses, I think I can give a reasonable explanation for this contradictory situation. That is, the man who was only injured in a non-fatal injury is now not really dead, but completely suspended animation. ”

"Fake Death?!" With such a statement in the trial, like Xia Jingzhi, Lord Yao, who had never dealt with drugs and Gu in southern Xinjiang in his lifetime, was really stunned by his safety. "What's the situation of suspended animation, quick, you can quickly talk to me."

"Yes, fake death is ......" Xia Shuanghan, who walked to the side of the man surnamed Ding, squatted down and bent the man's arm, and said: "My lord, more than an hour has passed since Ding Gongzi hit the corner of the table and died, let me ask, when the body of such a deceased should have been stiff a long time ago, why, his body is still soft, and he can bend his joints at will?" ”

Although "this ......" is not a trick, and at the same time does not have the ability to find clues on the corpse, but if there is a funeral at home, who does not know that the corpse will become stiff after death? So, in the face of the corpse that was still in a soft state, Jing Zhaoyin had to admit that Xia Shuanghan's statement about the fake death medicine was very credible.

"That's nonsense!"

Seeing that Jing Zhaoyin in the hall was leaning towards Xia Shuanghan's words, Ding Mou, the uncle of the Washington man who had not spoken for a long time, retorted loudly with a white face: "According to Zhongyi Township Jun Fangcai, the fake death medicine comes from southern Xinjiang, and the quantity is scarce, the workmanship is complicated, and it is extremely expensive. So let me ask, my nephew has no grievances with you, and he has never known you, what did he do to spend a lot of money and go all the way to buy some fake death pills and come back to take it, and then plot against you to make you guilty of murder? ”

"Why the hell did your nephew do this, don't you know?" The person who originally thought that he could accept a scar on his forehead for the sake of money must not be a real rich child, but only Xia Shuanghan, an imposter hired by Xu Jinhan for money, really guessed wrong.

"As you have just said, your nephew's brother, who was a merchant with you, lived in a coastal port and made a living selling all kinds of goods from the other side of the sea. Later, because of the storm at sea, two ships of goods that your brother had ordered were buried in the belly of the fish. At this point, your brother's family will be ruined because they can't afford to pay off their debts. ”

"Ding Gongzi because of the bankruptcy of his own business bank and the death of his relatives, a person in order to avoid debts and survive suffered a lot outside, until a month ago, it was finally completely rid of the debt collectors, and was able to come to Beijing to join you. Let's ask, when he is so depressed and so short of money, what is impossible for him to create today's suspended animation incident by trading with others? ”

"Besides, don't you think your nephew and this little guy next to him are weird?"

As she spoke, she swept her sharp gaze towards the little guy who had been kicked by her, Xia Shuanghan continued to say in an orderly manner: "Your nephew is now under the fence, even if he can rely on your uncle, who treats him very well, and put on a gorgeous dress, but this can't change the fact that he has no backing and no confidence." Let me ask, under such circumstances, how can your nephew and his little servant dare to play the trick of dogs fighting people and forcibly taking other people's things in the capital? If they didn't deliberately come to me and provoke me, why did they do it? ”

"We ...... We are ......" There was a pause in the process of explaining the reason, and then his eyes turned into a quick wit, and the little guy hurriedly said: "That's because, the young master and I don't know that you, who have the appearance of the Rong clan, are actually the relationship between the noble and loyal townsman." ”

"Young Master, he wanted the puppet doll very much, but the stall owner told us that the puppet was sold out, and the next batch would not be available until half a year later. The young master saw that the person who bought the last puppet was a Hu man, so he thought that 'the Han people in Beijing may be nobles and can't afford to mess with them, but it's always okay to provoke a Hu people', and then aimed at you, the Zhongyi Xiangjun, and tried in vain to snatch the puppet doll from your brother's hands. ”

"Oh, is it? Your answer is good, a bit of a wit, but I don't believe it at all. ”

Having said that, he will not pick up the corpse that is still lying on the ground, so as to use the statement that "the pupils are constricted and the eyes have not become cloudy" that is not yet accepted by the public to prove that the man in the fancy dress is not dead Xia Shuanghan, and asked Jing Zhaoyin in the hall to ask: "My lord, I request that today's case be postponed until 20 days before the decision is made, what do you think?" ”

"Now, I insist on the claim of fake death medicine in southern Xinjiang, and believe that Ding Gongzi is not dead. It's just that now, I can't prove my point by presenting the antidote and letting it take it. Therefore, I request that my lord temporarily take me into prison and keep Ding Gongzi's body in the back hall of the yamen for the time being. Twenty days later, after Su Shilang, who went out of Beijing to seek the antidote to fake death, returns to Beijing, I will be able to get a definite conclusion from my statement, and then the case will be decided, what do you think? ”

"If twenty days later, Su Shilang, who returned with the antidote, succeeded in waking Ding Gongzi up, then needless to say, today's 'accidental injury and death' is a trap and a farce. And if Ding Gongzi does not wake up after 20 days, but still appears as a corpse, then I will admit that I caused his death, and accept any punishment you have imposed on me without objection. Can you accept such a request? ”

Having said this, he raised his eyes and looked directly at Lord Yao's Xia Shuanghan, only hoping that he could nod his head as soon as possible to comply with her request, so that Lu Shaoyun and Su Yixing could smoothly sneak in the dark and stare at Xu Jinhan, the initiator of this whole thing. (To be continued.) )